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an in-depth examination of the foreign-policy since 1954's geneva conference. we will then it here from the director for international advocacy. he has testified before our subcommittee on human rights. he has served as a human rights monitor and any countries as well as bosnia, afghanistan, sudan, and south africa. he has served as ships and the camps. he holds an advanced degree in law. he was himself a political prisoner for five years and the tree lot of for his peaceful activities. he started his legal studies in prison and became an attorney and devoted his entire practice to defending political prisoners which is what he does now with amnesty. we will then hear from a human rights advocate to for a furniture business who recently fled to the u.s. to escape constant monitoring and harassment from chinese authorities following her ongoing advocacy on behalf of chen. wang attempted to visit him on several occasions and participated and advocacy activities to free chen. authorities detained her and her husband for two weeks in december 2011 as they were prep
an in-depth examination of the foreign-policy since 1954's geneva conference. we will then it here from the director for international advocacy. he has testified before our subcommittee on human rights. he has served as a human rights monitor and any countries as well as bosnia, afghanistan, sudan, and south africa. he has served as ships and the camps. he holds an advanced degree in law. he was himself a political prisoner for five years and the tree lot of for his peaceful activities. he...
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foreign policy and the intelligence community. she will also talk about chinese activist chen guangcheng and the afghan security deal signed this week. finally, america by the numbers looks at the u.s. prison system with james lynch and michael jacobson. they will analyze the growth of the correction population, reason for imprisonment, and more. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c- span. >> this weekend, said jones documents the war against al qaeda since 9/11. he is interviewed by toledo share. saturday night at 10:00 a.m. eastern. also, your questions and comments for tom brokaw. book tv, every weekend on cspan2. >> bin laden had a different outfits. i have to confess that i had insider knowledge. i worked on the problem of iraq. we knew bin laden personally was involved in communications, to try to bring under control others. that he was making a bridge early on to somalia. we knew he was involved in all of these things. we knew he was doing that. as a consequence, and no surprise, he was relevant. >> counter-terrorism and national
foreign policy and the intelligence community. she will also talk about chinese activist chen guangcheng and the afghan security deal signed this week. finally, america by the numbers looks at the u.s. prison system with james lynch and michael jacobson. they will analyze the growth of the correction population, reason for imprisonment, and more. live at 7:00 a.m. eastern on c- span. >> this weekend, said jones documents the war against al qaeda since 9/11. he is interviewed by toledo...
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to your foreign-policy and the cost of our foreign policy directi. when admiral wollen left his position from the joint chiefs of staff, he said the threat to our national security laws are dead and i would think admiral small and would have a handle on our national security. he said the threat was our debt and you also mentioned that we have a responsibility for our national security. can we do this national security without so many boots on the ground? guest: generally, the answer to that is yes. i said earlier on this program that what we need to do is win the argument. military might alone will not win the argument. with the next generation of would-be terrorists. i think smaller military footprints in afghanistan would be more productive and i applaud the fact that we are not only removing most of our troops by 2014 but we are changing our strategy. to that extent, i agree with you. a lot of the future is unknown. there is now a new defense doctrine that will cost less money that has been proposed by defense secretary panetta which basically say
to your foreign-policy and the cost of our foreign policy directi. when admiral wollen left his position from the joint chiefs of staff, he said the threat to our national security laws are dead and i would think admiral small and would have a handle on our national security. he said the threat was our debt and you also mentioned that we have a responsibility for our national security. can we do this national security without so many boots on the ground? guest: generally, the answer to that is...
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i am the acting vice president director of the foreign-policy program here at brookings. thank you for coming. we have a very privileged discussion this afternoon. what we call the states and form. i can think of no other better today, theur guest current deputy secretary-general of the united nations. on behalf of our president and all of us at brookings, i want to give a big welcome to the deputy secretary-general and also to ambassador tom pickering , a distinguished fellow here at the brookings institution and well-known to many of you. ambassador secretary-general took up this post on the appointment of secretary general keep moon in july of 2012 grade he has a long and established career in diplomacy around the world, and the u.n. system and for sweden. toserved as the ambassador sweden for the united states and spent time as sweden's word minister. in the early 90s, he was the first u.n. under-secretary general for humanitarian affairs and was the special envoy of the u.n. secretary-general in darfur. on and on.es many years of experience in africa, sudan, mozambiq
i am the acting vice president director of the foreign-policy program here at brookings. thank you for coming. we have a very privileged discussion this afternoon. what we call the states and form. i can think of no other better today, theur guest current deputy secretary-general of the united nations. on behalf of our president and all of us at brookings, i want to give a big welcome to the deputy secretary-general and also to ambassador tom pickering , a distinguished fellow here at the...
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foreign-policy related to taiwan, which is the taiwan relations act. it promises a lot, and i think the people of taiwan with ink that we haven't really fulfilled those missions. do you think that we have? -- i haven'tve seen any recent polls, but i would imagine that the people in taiwan regard the u.s. the mosthip, if not important relationship for it has got to be right up there. they are good friends of ours. they think like we do. their values we share. i think they're very supportive of the things that we have done. >> did you think we need to do more? looking forways ways to strengthen the relations, just as we are inking in the larger context are rebalanced asia, we want to strengthen our relationships with our allies. we want to strengthen our relationships -- >> and new sales of f-16s and higher technology planes for defensive needs of taiwan? >> again, we have had a very strong record of providing defense articles to taiwan. >> thank you. to mr. brad sherman from california. >> thank you. the one issue we brought up was the and course ration
foreign-policy related to taiwan, which is the taiwan relations act. it promises a lot, and i think the people of taiwan with ink that we haven't really fulfilled those missions. do you think that we have? -- i haven'tve seen any recent polls, but i would imagine that the people in taiwan regard the u.s. the mosthip, if not important relationship for it has got to be right up there. they are good friends of ours. they think like we do. their values we share. i think they're very supportive of...
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they're making the race a referendum on president obama both on domestic and foreign-policy. there has been a lot of stuff in the news about the situation overseas in syria, afghanistan, iraq. his poll numbers are going down, and republicans see opportunity with his down the poll numbers. it looks like it could be trending in the republican direction. you can never say never in an election. republicans are feeling relatively confident, particularly some republicans in the senate who survived what they thought would be difficult primary challenges. you had cochran in mississippi who survived a pretty ferocious tea party supported challenge, and he came down to a runoff. it came down to cochran having to court the black vote, which made a major difference in his prospects. mitch mcconnell would be the senate majority leader if he wins his race in november. is race is considered by some polls to be a tossup. he might not be the majority leader because he might not be in the senate. he is well-funded. he is a savvy campaigner and he is well organized. the likelihood of him losing
they're making the race a referendum on president obama both on domestic and foreign-policy. there has been a lot of stuff in the news about the situation overseas in syria, afghanistan, iraq. his poll numbers are going down, and republicans see opportunity with his down the poll numbers. it looks like it could be trending in the republican direction. you can never say never in an election. republicans are feeling relatively confident, particularly some republicans in the senate who survived...
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there have been some failures on foreign policy issues that have been notable ones, but in the sense of domestic governance i cannot think of a worse one. spanish flu, 675,000 americans died. civil war, 620,000 americans died over the course of the world, we're north of 500,000 and climbing, more deaths than entire world war ii, for example. so many of these deaths were unnecessary if you measure the united states against the experience of other nations. and set aside nations that are communist nations that have a command and control over citizens that a democracy doesn't. but just use democratic nations, our peers, the oecd, the g 7, and look at their experiences. if you want to just average them together and say if we had done what they had done, it's hundreds of thousands of fewer deaths. dr. fauci said no nation handled this worse than us. and we're a nation with the best health care institutions in the world, the best health care providers in the world, and an industrial base that when pressed did an amazing job of producing multiple vaccines that work. we had health care provid
there have been some failures on foreign policy issues that have been notable ones, but in the sense of domestic governance i cannot think of a worse one. spanish flu, 675,000 americans died. civil war, 620,000 americans died over the course of the world, we're north of 500,000 and climbing, more deaths than entire world war ii, for example. so many of these deaths were unnecessary if you measure the united states against the experience of other nations. and set aside nations that are communist...
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toward foreign direct investment. likewise from an innovation standpoint, research and development, i think u.s. subsidiaries of global companies also show up well pound-for-pound and definitely carry their weight. u.s. companies spend $53 billion annually on r&d. if you think about f.d.i. companies as being only 1% of u.s. firms, you can see disproportionate investment they're making and then lastly exports which is i think one of the good story, but maybe one of the untold stories about foreign direct investment in the u.s., global companies invest in the u.s. often to sell products around the world and so it should come as no surprise, u.s. subsidiaries last year produced 3% of u.s. exports and i know we'll talk more thabet positive effects that japanese companies have had but japanese based affiliates actually produce more exports in the u.s. than affiliates of any other nation. just a little bit about my company, too, and our story on foreign direct investments. zurich is one of the largest insurance companies in
toward foreign direct investment. likewise from an innovation standpoint, research and development, i think u.s. subsidiaries of global companies also show up well pound-for-pound and definitely carry their weight. u.s. companies spend $53 billion annually on r&d. if you think about f.d.i. companies as being only 1% of u.s. firms, you can see disproportionate investment they're making and then lastly exports which is i think one of the good story, but maybe one of the untold stories about...
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they're making the race a referendum on president obama both on domestic policy and foreign policy. there's been a lot of stuff in situationbout overseas in syria, in iraq.istan, in his poll numbers are going down. and republicans see opportunity with his down poll numbers. so it looks like it could be in the republican direction. you can never say never in an election because things have a of happening last minute. are feelingans relatively confident, particularly some republicans in the senate who survived what thought were going to be difficult primary challenges. you had cochran in mississippi ferocioused a pretty tea party supported challenge, and it came down to a runoff, came down to cochran having to court the black vote, differencethe major in his race. so that saved his senate prospects. you've got mitch mcconnell who would be the senate majority wins his race in november. his race is considered by some polls to be a tossup. so he could, he might not be the leader because he might not be in the senate. he's well funded, he's a very savvy campaigner and is well organized. l
they're making the race a referendum on president obama both on domestic policy and foreign policy. there's been a lot of stuff in situationbout overseas in syria, in iraq.istan, in his poll numbers are going down. and republicans see opportunity with his down poll numbers. so it looks like it could be in the republican direction. you can never say never in an election because things have a of happening last minute. are feelingans relatively confident, particularly some republicans in the...
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he has long experience in the defense ministry as well as the foreign ministry. great roles in policy planning. we are delighted to welcome him back to washington. he served at the estonian embassy in washington from 2005- 2008. thank you so much for being with us. last, but certainly not least, we are absolutely delighted to have ivailo kalfin, a member of the european parliament and vice chair of the committee on budgets. if that is equivalent to our appropriations committee, you have enormous power. we are glad you are with us and head the bulgarian social delegation in the european parliament. perhaps one of the most interesting jobs of many in the european parliament. you are the recon tour for the digital agenda flagship and on critical information infrastructure protection and cyber security protection. one of the leading, if not the leading, leader on these issues in the european parliament. prior to service in parliament, he was the deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of bulgaria from 2005-2009. he played a critical role in bulgaria's e
he has long experience in the defense ministry as well as the foreign ministry. great roles in policy planning. we are delighted to welcome him back to washington. he served at the estonian embassy in washington from 2005- 2008. thank you so much for being with us. last, but certainly not least, we are absolutely delighted to have ivailo kalfin, a member of the european parliament and vice chair of the committee on budgets. if that is equivalent to our appropriations committee, you have...
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it's like where you can get an insurance policy on your house. if civil unrest would take place, we have seen that in this country multiple times where there's been riots, potential attacks from foreign countries with the m.p.'s. society breaks down quickly. and if you notice in the l.a. riots will were store owners standing in fronts of their stores with an ar-15 to protect themselves. it works. don't you have to shoot somebody to have it work. it's a deterrent. the second amendment does not provide hunting provisions. i wish people would stop saying that. it's not a hunting provision or target practice provision. it's there to give us the right to hold arms, to protect ourselves. machine guns aren't illegal to own. they are very difficult to own. there's over 300,000 of those in this country. the heller decision provided that any gun that is normally used in society, which is like ar-15's, all police departments have them. there's tens of millions of these in circulation, will not be banned. even during the ban during the 1980's, guns weren't t
it's like where you can get an insurance policy on your house. if civil unrest would take place, we have seen that in this country multiple times where there's been riots, potential attacks from foreign countries with the m.p.'s. society breaks down quickly. and if you notice in the l.a. riots will were store owners standing in fronts of their stores with an ar-15 to protect themselves. it works. don't you have to shoot somebody to have it work. it's a deterrent. the second amendment does not...
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hong kong policy act of 1992 is specific in its commitment to treating hong kong as a separate entity from mainland china as long as it remains sufficiently autonomous. the prc has violated hong kong and its institutions by every conceivable measure and the trump administration rightfully ended its agreements in 2020. as a government and country, we cannot turn a blind eye to what is happening to the people of hong kong. i am proud to be a cosponsor of legislation that will strengthen our government's approach to the hong kong peoples's freedom and choice act and provide refugee to those through the harbor act. we must be more proactive as congress in enacting forward-looking legislation to ensure the situation in hong kong does not deteriorate further and provide tools for a government that allows us to build significant deterrence beyond sanctions that will force the prc to think twice before violating hong kong status further or threatening our own citizens. i look forward to hearing testimony from our witnesses on how we can improve our posture on hong kong and the role of congres
hong kong policy act of 1992 is specific in its commitment to treating hong kong as a separate entity from mainland china as long as it remains sufficiently autonomous. the prc has violated hong kong and its institutions by every conceivable measure and the trump administration rightfully ended its agreements in 2020. as a government and country, we cannot turn a blind eye to what is happening to the people of hong kong. i am proud to be a cosponsor of legislation that will strengthen our...
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that kind of foreign policy -- >> what we are doing on foreign policy is making sure that foreign aid dollars go to actual services to poor people in the world, not just to conferences. that is why we are making changes to foreign aid, to make it more effective. when you talk about our values, let me just say that right now in libya and that's being commanded by a canadian. i met with their father. they're as good quebeckers as you are. >> you wanted to go in rsh -- >> that we do remember. >> the fact remains plrks harper, you're the first prime minister in the history of canada to lose the seat we were eligible to occupy on the security council of the united nations. you spent on the g-20 summit, we had an opportunity to lead. you spent a billion dollars in 72 hours and there isn't a person in canada that can remember a substandard outcome from that summit. talking about aid agencies who work in africa, you muzzled them, shut them down. anything you can't control, you want to shut down. that's no way to build international prestige overseas. these church organizations worked in afric
that kind of foreign policy -- >> what we are doing on foreign policy is making sure that foreign aid dollars go to actual services to poor people in the world, not just to conferences. that is why we are making changes to foreign aid, to make it more effective. when you talk about our values, let me just say that right now in libya and that's being commanded by a canadian. i met with their father. they're as good quebeckers as you are. >> you wanted to go in rsh -- >> that we...
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and when it comes to foreign policy, of course, military and diplomatic issues are key. this is a story from inside politico that we want to bring your attention to. gearing up for the defense spending bill that will happen when congress returns. the story points out committee members will be haggling over billions of dollars and could decide the fate of major weapons programs as well as initiatives by the u.s. military. so, our question this morning is america's influence in the world. what is it, following the president's trip to afghanistan, the debate between mitt romney and newt gingrich. michael is joining us from new york city, independent line. caller: good morning, steve. you look great today. the meeting with chinese leaders, both economic and military, at cologne university, and they stated they would not buy any aircraft carriers or any ships -- they would constantly trade on using what reagan wanted, which was based-based anti missions -- anti-missile systems. they felt there was a commercial spin off for one -- $1 or $2 trillion the next three years. so, i
and when it comes to foreign policy, of course, military and diplomatic issues are key. this is a story from inside politico that we want to bring your attention to. gearing up for the defense spending bill that will happen when congress returns. the story points out committee members will be haggling over billions of dollars and could decide the fate of major weapons programs as well as initiatives by the u.s. military. so, our question this morning is america's influence in the world. what is...
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. >> so you believe we should continue with the president, vice president, the foreign minister, and defense minister should not be allowed to come to washington dc? >> i think our policy has been consistent over a number -- >> i am asking for a yes or no. >> i believe it will continue. >> you are saying that they should not be allowed to come here. we are saying we should change that policy. you are saying stick with it. >> i'm saying that our policy has been consistent and i believe will be consistent in the future. will go to a couple more speakers, but then we are going minutess for about 25 for two votes and come right back so the junior members will be able to ask their questions. with that said, let's go to mr. gerry connolly of virginia. >> thank you mr. chairman. i look forward to the questions of the junior members. mr. want to complement elliott for being such orally -- for being correct today. -- s a splendid what in your opinion does the taiwan relations act commit the united states do in terms of the military relationship? >> we are obligated to make available to taiwan
. >> so you believe we should continue with the president, vice president, the foreign minister, and defense minister should not be allowed to come to washington dc? >> i think our policy has been consistent over a number -- >> i am asking for a yes or no. >> i believe it will continue. >> you are saying that they should not be allowed to come here. we are saying we should change that policy. you are saying stick with it. >> i'm saying that our policy has...
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there is nothing foreign about foreign policy anymore. smartcan make the small,. w vestments upfront and avoid more costly conflicts and greater burdens down the road. , we'vepast few months seen developments underscore the state -- stakes for having a strong and -- strong american presence in the world. that was a positive step toward stability in the volatile region of the world where we need partnerships. the committee is more than immersed in suyyruiaia. we have treated millions to humanitarian relief -- we have provided millions to humanitarian relief. i expect we will talk about syria somewhat today. having returned from beijing and north koreathe issue took center stage, we are reminded once again that america is the guardian of global security. we should be proud of that. one not turn our back on keys nor will we hesitate what we need to do to defend our allies. if budget is an analyst patient of our values and priorities -- this budget is an illustration of our values and priorities. i have a record of wanting to do deficit reduction. we are grappling wit
there is nothing foreign about foreign policy anymore. smartcan make the small,. w vestments upfront and avoid more costly conflicts and greater burdens down the road. , we'vepast few months seen developments underscore the state -- stakes for having a strong and -- strong american presence in the world. that was a positive step toward stability in the volatile region of the world where we need partnerships. the committee is more than immersed in suyyruiaia. we have treated millions to...
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. >> thank you, director of norn policy at brookings. -- foreign policy at brookings. and thank you for your wise and constructive leadership of russia. my question is about iran. i wonder if you could describe for us how you view russia's nuclear program. is it a threat to russian national security interests? are you concerned it triggering a nuclear arms race in the middle east and now that you and president obama are on the same page when it comes to sanctions, are you on the same page with him when he says that force should be an option that's kept on the table? [russian translator for president medvedev] >> the talks about iran with mr. obama and my other colleagues are a part of our agenda. we do that regularly and on a full basis. this means that iran is a problem. and what is important that we find evidence of what their nuclear program is, as any society. they do have the right to develop the civilian nuclear program. but the problem is how they convince us of the community that it is and lately we did not bring any improvement to the situation. it has aggrava
. >> thank you, director of norn policy at brookings. -- foreign policy at brookings. and thank you for your wise and constructive leadership of russia. my question is about iran. i wonder if you could describe for us how you view russia's nuclear program. is it a threat to russian national security interests? are you concerned it triggering a nuclear arms race in the middle east and now that you and president obama are on the same page when it comes to sanctions, are you on the same page...
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the issue for the professional foreign service and state department and foreign policy is essentially based on the professionalism that they have. those standards. and that basic standard is telling it as it is. and what's fortunate is that we have, thanks to the congress, thank you, we have a human rights report. we have a lot of reports these days, but we have the mother of the reports is the human rights reports. so in every embassy and every consulate in the world, there is an officer who is -- has the file and he's cutting conversation notes and he's cutting clips from the newspaper and he's putting them in that file because he or she will spend two or three weeks putting together an input which they will send to mike poser in and his team to be turned into a human rights report. the joy is that the chinese now have done a human rights report on the united states. so what's happened is that the professionalism of diplomatic reporting has become essentially part of the fabric of what we do and what other countries do as well. that's good news. >> i want to close our excellent sess
the issue for the professional foreign service and state department and foreign policy is essentially based on the professionalism that they have. those standards. and that basic standard is telling it as it is. and what's fortunate is that we have, thanks to the congress, thank you, we have a human rights report. we have a lot of reports these days, but we have the mother of the reports is the human rights reports. so in every embassy and every consulate in the world, there is an officer who...